Sleeping Girl (Lichtenstein Painting)
''Sleeping Girl'' is a 1964 oil and Magna on canvas pop art painting by Roy Lichtenstein. It held the record for the highest auction price for a Lichtenstein painting from May 2012 until May 2013. History The painting is based on a panel from the romance comic ''Girls' Romances'' #105 published by DC National Comics in 1964. On May 9, 2012, the comic painting ''Sleeping Girl'' (1964) from the collection of Beatrice and Phillip Gersh established a new Lichtenstein record $44.8 million at Sotheby's. The Gershes were instrumental in the modern and contemporary art movements in Southern California, especially as founding members of The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles (MOCA). The previous record for a Lichtenstein work had been established in November 2011 when '' I Can See the Whole Room...and There's Nobody in It!'' sold for $43.2 million. The record was surpassed the following year when ''Woman with Flowered Hat'' sold for $56.1 million, including fees, on May 1 ...
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